Contatto Lyrics in English Negramaro

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Contatto by Negramaro from Italian to English.

I searched for contact

I was tired of talking

I wanted to feel on my skin

The things you once told me

I thought way too much

About the face you made

When I said love

Needs skin to happen

And nothing else

I risked a heart attack

When I saw you yesterday

I expected a big thrill

Yeah, but not this much

I searched for contact

On a June day

But I found sweat, silence and summer

Only in a dream

Yes

The life I wanted is all here

The friends I dreamed of just like this

Made of flesh and bone and a good film

I dreamed a lot to get

Here, here, here, here

To arrive

Here, here, here, here

I searched for contact

To brush against you sometimes

To see that deep down in the world I'm not always this alone

I thought I'd do it

Now I go out and look for you

'Cause I can't find the faces to give you

I had them here in the drawer

Yes

The life I wanted is all here

The friends I dreamed of just like this

Made of red wine and a good film

I dreamed a lot to get

Here, here, here, here

To arrive

Here, here, here, here

To get to see you

To get to touch you

I had to dream you

Yes

To get to see you

To get to touch you

To get this far

I had to dream you

To get to see you

To get to touch you

To get this far

I had to dream you

I found the contact

It was only in a dream

And I swear it'd be amazing

If I touched you awake

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SONG MEANING

Contatto is a heartfelt journey that captures the electric spark we feel when someone’s mere presence lights up our skin. Negramaro paints a vivid picture of a sweltering June day where sweaty palms, silent pauses and summer heat blur into one urgent desire: real, physical connection. The singer prowls through memories of words once whispered and the face his lover made when he confessed that love needs skin, and nothing more. Each line drips with the tension between what he says and what he wants to feel.

Yet the song is also about dreams as stepping-stones. Friends made of laughter, wine and late-night movies, and a lover he can finally touch, all begin as fantasies before edging closer to reality. By the end he admits that contact exists only in his sleep, but he clings to the thrilling promise that one day he might wake up and find that same touch in the real world. It’s an anthem for anyone who has ever chased a feeling, fuelled by hope that the dreams we rehearse tonight can become the life we live tomorrow.

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Negramaro Contatto Lyrics